Jigarthanda (movie)
Jigarthanda (transl. Cold hearted) is a 2014 Indian Tamil language action crime comedy movie. It was written and directed by Karthik Subbaraj. The movie is produced by Kathiresan's Group. It stars Siddharth, Bobby Simha, Lakshmi Menon, Karunakaran and Guru Somasundaram.[2][3] It was the first Tamil cimema movie for cinematographer Gavemic U Ary.[4] Santhosh Narayanan wrote the songs and background music.[5]
| Jigarthanda | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Karthik Subbaraj |
| Written by | Karthik Subbaraj |
| Produced by | Kathiresan |
| Starring | Siddharth Bobby Simha Lakshmi Menon |
| Cinematography | Gavemic U. Ary |
| Edited by | Vivek Harshan |
| Music by | Santhosh Narayanan |
Production company | Group Company |
| Distributed by | SMS Pictures Kalasangham Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 171 minutes[1] |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Sypnopsis
changeAn aspiring director tries his best to make a violent gangster film. His discreet attempts to research a gangster fail miserably. He discovers a mole in the gang and things go out of control for him.[6]
Awards
changeThe movie won two National Film Awards for Best Supporting Actor for Bobby Simha and Best Editing for Vivek Harshan.
Remakes
changeThe movie was dubbed into Telugu as Chikkadu Dorakadu in 2016. The movie was reported to be inspired by the 2006 South Korean movie A Dirty Carnival.[7][8][9] It was remade in Kannada with the same title (2016). The Telugu version is Gaddalakonda Ganesh (2019) and the Hindi version is Bachhan Paandey (2022).
Cast
change- Siddharth as Karthik Subramani, a short film director, who wants to become a feature film director
- Bobby Simha as "Assault" Sethu, a gangster and rowdy in Madurai
- Vijay Sethupathi as Young Sethu / himself (cameo appearance)
- Lakshmi Menon as Kayalvizhi, Karthik's love interest, whose mother is Sethu's cook
- Karunakaran as Oorni, Karthik's friend
- Guru Somasundaram as Muthu, the acting teacher
- Aadukalam Naren as Sundar, the producer who produces the feature film directed by Karthik
- Soundararaja as Ponram, another local don in Madurai
- Ramachandran Durairaj as Rasu, Sethu's right hand
- Senthil Kumaran as Sounder, Shekar's spy in Sethu's gang
- Sangili Murugan as "Petti Kadai" Pazhani, a failed and former film director who later opens and runs a shop in Madurai
- Bala Singh as Sandhanam, the first person to killed by Sethu in the film
- Thennavan as Sekhar, Sethu's enemy
- Delhi Ganesh as Subramani, Karthik's father
- Sudha as Karthik's mother
- Gajaraj as Karthik's uncle, journalist
- Ambika as Kayalvizhi's mother
- Rajkumar as Karthik's friend
- Bagavathi Perumal as Film Cinematographer
- Ajay Rathnam as Police Officer
- Bombay Gnanam as Karthik's grandmother
- Vinodhini Vaidyanathan as Ganga, Sounder's wife
- Kaalaiyan as Senthil
- Tiger Garden Thangadurai
- Nassar as Mukil (guest appearance)
- Anthony Daasan as Vettu Kumar, Sethu's henchman (guest appearance)
- Vetrimaaran as himself (guest appearance)
- Aadukalam Murugadoss as himself (guest appearance)
- Nalan Kumarasamy as Aspiring Director (guest appearance)
- Baba Bhaskar (special appearance in the song "Baby")[10]
- Dileep as Dileepan
References
change- ↑ "Jigarthanda". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ↑ M. Suganth (12 June 2013). "Siddharth, Lakshmi Menon off to Madurai". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 30 July 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
- ↑ Prasad, Shiva (12 June 2013). "It's 'Jigarthanda' after 'Pizza'". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 18 June 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
- ↑ "An Exclusive Interview With 'Jigarthanda' Dop, Gavemic U Ary". Behindwoods. 11 March 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ↑ "A.R.Rahman likes Santhosh Narayanan's music". Indiaglitz. 20 May 2014. Archived from the original on 23 May 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
- ↑ "Jigarthanda (2014) - IMDb". IMDb.
- ↑ "Southern movies inspired without credit - here's the list". 21 November 2014.
- ↑ "The thin line between plagiarism & inspiration - Tamil News". 9 August 2014.
- ↑ "Revealed: Why Indian filmmakers love South Korean films".
- ↑ "Baby Official Full Video Song Jigarthanda Siddharth, Simhaa, Lakshmi Menon, Santhosh Narayanan". Youtube. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
Other websites
change- Jigarthanda on IMDb
